From the same production house who created the excellent Line Of Duty, Born To Kill is a new four-part drama which explores the dark twisted desires of a young man named Sam.

Considering it’s exciting cast and with the writing talent behind BBC’s Rillington Place, it’s certainly another contender for one of the breakout shows of the year. So here’s everything you need to know ahead of the curve.

So what’s this about then?

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The story centres around Sam who lives with his over-protective mum, Jenny, and believes his father died in a car crash.

After Jenny meets fellow single parent Bill, his daughter Chrissy strikes up a bond with troubled Sam. All while his discovery of hidden family secrets trigger him to act upon his psychopathic desires.

Sounds ominous – who’s in it?

Sam is played by newcomer Jack Rowan, while the two parents are played by The Hour and Suffragette’s Romola Garai, along with Daniel Mays who you may recognise from Made In Dagenham, Line Of Duty and recent Sky Atlantic drama Guerrilla.

Chrissy is played by rising star Lara Peake, with Elizabeth Counsell playing her mother Margaret and The Fall’s Richard Coyle playing Sam’s dad, Peter.

I need some hype, what are the cast saying about it?

Daniel Mays has spoken about how the drama blew him away, saying: ‘It’s a very difficult project to define, it seems to exist between genres.

‘It’s sort of a thriller, sort of a crime drama, but at its heart, it’s a drama about relationships, and the premise of nature versus nurture. I was blown away with it, the filming of it, and getting into Sam’s headspace.

‘It’s a disquieting, foreboding but deeply compelling watch.’

I don’t trust this man – have there been any early reviews?

Sam & Jenny in Born To Kill (Picture: Channel 4)

There have been. The List has compared the show favourably to the excellent film We Need To Talk About Kevin, in the way it uses domestic life to explore the horrors of how psychopaths can emerge.

They also described it as a ‘complex disturbing character study’ – if that helps.